Non Regiment Specific Commonwealth War Grave Photos for Reference

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  1. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Private HUMPHREYS, JAMES CURRIE
    Service Number 13049779
    Died 04/09/1942
    Aged 29
    Pioneer Corps
    Son of Charles Edward and Robin Kirkwood Humphreys (nee Currie), of Glasgow; husband of Margaret Humphreys.
    Casualty

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    Driver KEFFORD, LESLIE WILLIAM JOHN
    Service Number 45451
    Died 28/08/1945
    Aged 40
    Royal Army Service Corps
    Son of John Joseph and Lilian Mary Kefford, of Hertford.
    Casualty

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    Corporal LEONARD, HORACE BERTRAM HOLMES
    Service Number T/88930
    Died 07/05/1946
    Aged 28
    Royal Army Service Corps
    Son of Bertram Horace James Leonard and Esther Agnes Leonard; husband of Margaret Ann Leonard, of Horsham.
    Casualty

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    Corporal LILEY, FREDERICK ALBERT
    Service Number 6401251
    Died 05/10/1946
    Aged 53
    4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
    Son of Albert and Georgina Frances Liley, of Horsham; husband of Beatrice Martha Liley, of Horsham.
    Casualty

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  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembered Chorleywood road cemetery,Rickmansworth,Herts

    Private BECKLEY, HERBERT JOHN
    Service Number 5990254

    Died 02/07/1940

    Aged 19

    2nd Bn.
    Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

    Son of William Harold John and Annie Elizabeth Beckley, of Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
    Commemorated at DUNKIRK MEMORIAL

    Location: Nord, France
    Number of casualties: 4511

    Cemetery/memorial reference: Column 48.
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  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Private MINNEY, EDGAR GEORGE (ROBIN)
    Service Number 14428158

    Died 29/02/1944

    Aged 19

    52 Vehicle Repair Depot
    Royal Army Ordnance Corps

    Son of Harold Charles and Ivy Joyce Minney, of Yardley Hastings.
    Buried at YARDLEY HASTINGS (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

    Location: Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
    Number of casualties: 3

    Cemetery/memorial reference: East of Church.

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  7. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Private PEARSON, DAVID
    Service Number 3607673
    Died 24/04/1942
    Aged 18
    70th Bn.
    Border Regiment
    Son of David and Margaret Pearson, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness.
    Inscription
    IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON DAVID. RESTING

    Buried at WALNEY ISLAND (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
    Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. C. Grave 54.
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  8. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Private MASON, LEONARD
    Service Number T/192022
    Died 12/01/1944
    Aged 23
    Royal Army Service Corps
    Son of John Edward and Edith Mason, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness.

    Died at Conishead Priory Hospital Ulverston Lancaster.

    Buried at WALNEY ISLAND (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
    Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. C. Grave 108.
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    Details on Leonard Mason being POW and of death.
    Mason, Leonard - Furness Stories Behind the Stones
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  9. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Lieutenant OWEN, HAROLD ROLFE
    Service Number 46835

    Died 19/02/1940

    4th Queen's Own Hussars
    Royal Armoured Corps
    Buried at WIMBLEDON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

    Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
    Number of casualties: 5

    Cemetery/memorial reference: West of Church.


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  10. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembered East Finchley Cemetery,nw London

    Lieutenant TANNAHILL, ALAN ROSS
    Service Number 187144

    Died 08/08/1944

    Aged 27

    2nd Bn.
    Seaforth Highlanders

    Son of Alan Hume Tannahill and Roberta Younger Tannahill, of East Horsley, Surrey.
    Buried at BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

    Location: Calvados, France
    Number of casualties: 2038

    Cemetery/memorial reference: V. B. 8.

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  11. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Below
     
  12. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Illustrated London News - Saturday 09 March 1940
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  13. Ingrid Carlsen

    Ingrid Carlsen New Member

    This is the wrong headstone photo.
     
  14. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Theres been changes on the Forum since Clive posted those and the images have been mixed up. If you look at the images below `MELLENTIN` they are all wrong ? Do you need a copy of `MELLENTIN`s` headstone?

    Kyle
     
  15. Ingrid Carlsen

    Ingrid Carlsen New Member

    Oh yes please! I’ve just discovered he was my grandfather.
     
  16. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Clive isnt around anymore but I know someone who might still have a copy . I will email him now . Back in a mo

    Kyle
     
  17. Ingrid Carlsen

    Ingrid Carlsen New Member

    Thanks ever so!
     
  18. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    As promised
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    Serjeant LAWRENCE MELLENTIN

    T/82525, Royal Army Service Corps
    who died age 28
    on 02 September 1940
    Son of Capt. J. T. Mellentin and Estelle Winifred Mellentin, of Sunderland; husband of Ethel Mellentin, of Bognor Regis, Sussex.
    Remembered with honour
    SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY

    Killed in a collision between two army motorcycles.
    MELLENTIN. —At Stapleton, on September 2. the result of accident, aged 28 years. Lawrance. dearly-loved husband of Ethel Mellentin, of 4 Glasbury Avenue, and son of Capt. J. T. Mellentin. (Inquest Sunderland Echo News report below)
    Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 23 September 1940


    Kyle
     

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  19. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    Serjeant LAWRENCE MELLENTIN

    T/82525, Royal Army Service Corps
    who died age 28
    on 02 September 1940
    Son of Capt. J. T. Mellentin and Estelle Winifred Mellentin, of Sunderland; husband of Ethel Mellentin, of Bognor Regis, Sussex.
    Remembered with honour
    SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY
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    Kyle
     
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  20. Ingrid Carlsen

    Ingrid Carlsen New Member

    That’s fabulous. It also tells me a lot about the family situation, listing his sister and brothers but not his wife and daughter. Thank you!
     

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